The document provides guidance on summarizing an article or essay in 3 sentences or less. It instructs the reader to break the document into stages of thought, write short summaries for each section, and determine the thesis statement. The reader is then told to use their notes and highlights to draft a concise summary that mentions important individuals, quotes key phrases, and captures the overall thesis of the original work.

1. Summarization—Unit 1 Day 2

2. Review Importance of Reading Annotations

3. Essay #1--Summarization Read/annotate Separate into stages of thought/sections Write summary of stages Choose 2-3 key phrases to quote Highlight individuals who must be mentioned Determine thesis of article Circle all key words/ideas to be mentioned Use all this to draft summary

4. Stage/Section Summaries Write a short 2-3 sentence summary for each stage What does the author do in each section? Introduces Explains Argues Finishes/concludes Gives examples Circle the key ideas/words in each section. Do I want to quote any of these words? What names do I need to mention? Use these notes to write 2-3 sentence summary.

5. Determine Thesis Thesis—one sentence; two components Subject and Opinion Topic Point of View Ideas Stance

6. Thesis--Example Spiderman was a summer blockbuster. Subject no opinion Spiderman was the best movie of the summer. Subject opinion

7. Group Work Determine the thesis of the article/essay “Homework”

8. Homework—Due Tuesday Submit via WebCt Collecting #1 Identification of Stages Stage Summaries Thesis Extra Credit—due Thursday Read pgs 371-378—Do “Practicing What You’ve Learned” pg 378-9 #1-5